Month: November 2015

The Transportation Research Board will be offering a FREE webinar on January 26, 2016 that will cover the basics of TRID, the Transportation Research International Documentation database, the world’s largest bibliographic resource on transportation research information.

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Lamarr was inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame in 2014. Her invention, covered by United States Patent 2,292,387 is for a wireless communications technology.

Check out the livestream of the Third Annual Safety Datapalooza, which highlights unique and innovative ways in which private, nonprofit, and academic sectors use freely available government data to produce products, services, and apps that enhance public safety.

Secretary of State Michele Reagan presented the Yuma County Library District with a check for $20,000 to use towards promoting digital literacy. For some background, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants are administered by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, a Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. To learn more: